PlayStation Plus' line-up for the month of December 2019 was announced yesterday, and as per usual, the response was mixed to say the least. The less said about Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame the better, but it's the inclusion of Respawn Entertainment's Titanfall 2 where subscribers really seemed to take issue. And I get it. I completely understand where you're coming from. After years of bargain bin sales that priced the first-person shooter at less than £5.00, it represents poor value for money when the likes of Bloodborne and Detroit: Become Human have been handed out in previous months. However, does that really matter? Titanfall 2 is one of the very best shooters of the generation, and I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of you still haven't played it.
Simply put, before the likes of Apex Legends and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, EA's Respawn Entertainment created one of the PlayStation 4's best single player experiences. Indeed, a fully-fledged multiplayer offering comes packaged with the adventure of pilot Jack Cooper and Titan BT-7274, but it's the time the twosome spend together where the game truly shines.
That's thanks to a lengthy campaign where every level introduces a new idea, toys with it, and then discards it for something else completely. It's a title which manages to stay fresh in a genre that's done to death, and even when you think it's done for the day, it serves up one of the best FPS scenarios of the generation. For those who have played it, you know what I'm talking about. Effect and Cause.
Combine all those impressive mechanics that make each and every mission feel memorable with a robust multiplayer experience that'll now see its player count surge, I think you actually have the recipe for one of PlayStation Plus' best offerings yet. Sure, you could have purchased Titanfall 2 a couple of months back for less than a McDonald's meal, but were you ever actually going to do that? The game has been on the market for three years now, so I'm not so sure.
Now, with the entry barrier lowered to literally nothing more than download space, there are no excuses. With a new, healthy community on its way and a phenomenal single player experience on hand to ease you into the wonderful world of Titanfall 2, why wouldn't you want to be a part of it? You're not making a great saving when it arrives on PS Plus next month, but make sure you don't skip on what Titanfall 2 has to offer around Christmas time.
Are you going to give Titanfall 2 a shot through PlayStation Plus? Place your vote in our poll and then drop into the comments below.
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I got this for like £3.50 in a sale, it didn’t really grab me sadly. Heard a lot of good stuff about it though.
Nope. Simply not interested. It could be the official Best Shooter Ever, but it's big Mech suits, and I really can't muster the slightest desire to play it.
I don't have PS+ anymore, but the fact it'll be on there means loads of people will at least DL it and MAYBE play it one day, and that's good enough for me.
Heard very good things about the campaign, even if it is a bit short. If it's free, I'll definitely give it a go at some point.
titanfall2 is a great game, and one of best ea games this gen. but i have already played it.
@Arugula if you want a good motorcycle game, i can recommend "tt isle of man ride on the edge"
@thehappyholidych if you like controlling big mechs in online mp, then your in for a blast
@Paranoimia this is such a bad, non-descript issue. It literally is the best shooter of this generation. Why would giant robots stop you from playing?
@Bagshot i dunno why people skipped the multiplayer, everyone hate on call of duty for being the same every year. and here you have titanfall2 that change up things and bring you something new. online mp big mechs fights, its fun and a new experience. you should give it a try.
I'm looking forward to giving Titanfall 2 a go. I like a good FPS campaign from time to time
Will give the campaign a shot for sure. I knew I was right not to spend four whole pounds on what is supposed to be one of the best shooters of this generation.
I win this time, EA.
Will dl and have a crack at it for sure
"lengthy campaign"?! it's about 4 hours long. it's decent, and the mechanics are really good, but the campaign follows a fairly predictable template, and the story is forgettable nonsense.
Stunning game and one of the best, if not greatest FPS titles ever released.
The campaign isn't that long - longer than some of the latest CoD, Battlefield and Battlefront campaigns but considering the same basic template is repeated over and over again with one mission that actually does something different but still follows the same format essentially.
Every mission sees you separate from BT, go and do some platforming, some combat, some more platforming, more combat before platforming back to BT to fight a 'Boss' Titan. That's the same basic structure for each mission - not to say it isn't well made and performs well too. None of the supporting cast are memorable and the story isn't particularly memorable either for that matter.
For £5 (or less), if you like shooters and some platforming, its decent but like the First, the MP dropped off incredibly quickly and the majority of players hated playing in the slow and lumbering Titans. The most popular modes are Pilot vs Pilot but if you do play any of the modes with Titans, they are rarely piloted and left to patrol in AI mode.
I think the Campaign, despite its formulaic design, is decent enough and well worth playing on PS+ but as its been on sale for less than £5 many times, the majority of people who had any interest at all are likely to have bought it. Its almost as if they have given up trying to get any money at all from sales and just decided to literally give it away!!!
Had fun with it and wanted to plat it but 2 trophies made me stop. 1. The beat the best score at the gauntlet or something and 2. Beat the game on the insanely hard Master difficulty. Campaign was fun however the graphics on objects and certain robots are miles behind the Synths or objects in Fallout 4, which is disappointing considering it's a smaller game.
Good game but the outer worlds has my attention now.
I'm happy to get it I suppose but I think the real issue with it being so cheap is that anyone with passing interest probably snapped it up for £3.99 so it only really leaves the people that dont want it or the people so cheap they wont spend 4 quid so probably wont get plus...
@sajoey For the same reason many people don't buy other games... lack of interest in the main selling point.
MLB The Show is the best baseball game ever made, but if you don't like baseball, you're not gonna buy it.
@Paranoimia just play Pilot V. Pilot then
@sajoey Nope, still no interest. Sorry if that's a problem for you.
@Paranoimia You're ignoring playing one of the best games of this generation for free because you don't like big robots. That is absurd.
@sajoey That it's "free" is irrelevant. I've no interest in the story for reasons already stated, and multiplayer doesn't generally appeal to me anyway, regardless of the game. I have a finite amount of time in which to play games, so I'm going to focus on those which interest me.
You're obviously a fan, and I'm glad you enjoy it... but I've got more than enough games to be getting on with which I actually want to play.
By 'lengthy campaign' I can only assume you mean the 12 hours it'll take to beat the timer in the training mission. The actual campaign is about 4 hours long.
If here were more than two games and the other wasn’t utter crap I think it would be better. I’m looking forward to getting it, but it really isn’t a very good month for Plus. Two games, especially wotj offering like Monster is ludicrous.
Titanfall is a pretty good shooter but calling it the best of its generation is a bit of a stretch. Seems a bit cheap of Sony to include it and if it were not for the online multilayer aspect I would not have PS+ at all.
I don't like Titanfall. It's the same like COD except you have to use mechs, which aren't fun to use. I would rather just play COD. Not that it isn't well made and everything, but it's kind of pointless.
1st person games give me motion sickness, so I can't play it, will download motocross game though and give it a go.
I was going to buy Titanfall 2 so many times, but for some reason, I didn't. So, a good game, BUT the value of the games for December is ridiculous.
It's a great game, and I'm looking forward to hoping on MP with my friend who's yet to play it.
I doubt it'd be a huge deal, if not for the fact that we are only getting two games now, and one is always terrible - mediocre.
Oh well, I guess.
you can currently buy PS+ for £30/yr (in fact i got my last year for £28) which is £2.50/mth - i pay more for a coffee on the way in to work. it just seems like people want the earth for nothing. there is literally nothing sony could realistically put on plus that would make it a 'good' month for me, no matter how big or small its value is. i get that running the psn infrastructure costs money, so they should just ditch the monthly games altogether, which would stop all the gripeing. two tiers would solve it: a cheaper ps+ basic - multiplayer/cloud save only. a more expensive ps+ premium - which includes ps now.
Looking 4ward to playin' Titanfall after finishing Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
I don't ever get in a hoopla about PS Plus games because I don't see the point but I'd say from a value point of view, I can understand why people don't feel this is value. Due to the aggresive discounting by EA that has been going on for a good 2 years (I bought and played on XB1 when the games under £4), it is more than likely that the game has been bought by its target market.
Also, the campaign is good (I mean, it isn't a classic imo) but it is a few hours long and the large part of it was the MP which is going to be dead or dying as most shooters are - or at the very least, unaccessible for noobs.
@kyleforrester87 I have only finished it not that long time ago, at first I thought it is just like every other generic shooter, but oh boy I was wrong. It sucked me in hard and didn't let me down. The ending was harsh tho. It was also my first time playing it.
mates, the point is always the time you have. I was a Firewall Zero Hour junkie till one day decided to try Nioh and as am really bad at such kind of games have been spending a whole month to reach the giant frog - but I also grind and do every side mission - and since then stopped playing PES2020 games.
I'd like also to try Borderlands collection and Sniper Elite 4 and why not see how baseball is by playing The Show but haven't enough time and skills to do everything.
I'm not the kind of person who loves trying a game for a little while and then move to another one.
I didn't enjoy the first game entry at all, but when I've read the good reviews about the 2nd coming I had to try. And boy, what a game! Played the campaign twice, and yes it's not 20hs long which I loved.
The multiplayer was intense, different and offering a lot of replay value. The graphics may not be on par with COD, but creative, with some amazing landscapes and again: different
I cannot understand so much praise for COD & BF and when a game comes trying something a little unusual, people complain it's... Different.
And these people will keep playing the same COD over and over, FIFA, BF and the likes, just because they don't want to try to learn how to play... different.
TF2 may not be perfect but it is miles away of the competition of today. Actually, I may give it another run
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